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    PLEASE....If anyone finds out where this disk can be found
    
    		POST IT HERE!!!
    
    so that the rest of us who want this one can get it.
    
    Thanks/John
    

    
    Well, it is by Rick Wakeman and it is available. The only problem
    is I can't remember for certain which store I saw it at. If my memory
    serves me right, I think I saw it at the record store at the Mall
    of New Hampshire in Manchester. If you do locate it perhaps you
    could post sound quality information here? Good luck, and I hope
    I havn't sent you on a wild goose chase!
    

      I saw it a week over a week ago at the Lechemere in the Pheasant
      Lane Mall in NH.  It is in the movie/soundtrack section.
      
      -Andy-

    Why the heck should it be under movies and soundtracks???  Or is
    this just confusion on the part of the store clerk?
    				Steve

    
    RE: .-1
    
    	Could be confusion, or it could be thoughtless customers, who
    wander around with discs in their hand, and when they make up their
    mind, they just drop the discs in whatever bin is at hand.
    
    	I *HATE* when that happens ... 8^)
    
    								-rjk

    I've seen it.  Once.  I could kick myself for not buying it.  The
    one I saw was brought to us by Mobile Fidelity.  The ones who use
    the half speed masters.  It was at a place called Compact Video
    in Greenville SC if any of you care.   BTW, Compact Video is a
    wonderful place.  It specializes in CD's and VHS video.  They have
    a most amazing selection of hard-to-find CD's.
    
    Gary
    

    I saw it last Saturday at Rock 'N Mania in Flamingham.  I think
    it was 13.99.

    I picked up a copy (they only had one) tonight at Strawberries in
    Shrewsbury.  As mentioned earlier, it was in the soundtrack section.
    I paid $16.99 - not bad for a MFSL disc.
    
    Rich

        It's not surprising  that it is filed strangely at the Pheasant
        Lane Lechmere. After all according to them Glenn Miller and
        Benny Goodman are "Big Band" not "Jazz", but Count Basie and
        Duke Ellington are "Jazz" not "Big Band". The Kingston Trio is
        "Jazz". Scott Joplin rags are "Classical". Superseesion is
        "Pop/Rock", Butterfield is "Jazz". Follow that? Neither did I. 
        
        JimB.

It's also at Rockit Records in Nashua NH.  It's filed under "Yes" due to 
Wakeman's association with that band.

The version they have is the MFSL version.

I, unfortunately, bought the "regular A&M" version some months back.

    Could we have some opinions on the sonic differences between the
    A&M and MFSL releases?
    
    I have the MFSL CD's of I Robot and Year of The Cat, which I like,
    but I'm not sure if they *sound* any better than the Arista releases -
    I bought the MFSL's 'cause they were first-to-market...
    
    Re. -.6
    Although Mobile Fidelity undoubtedly does _something_ when they remaster
    to CD's, half speed mastering wouldn't help - that's a vinyl record
    cutting head improvement...What I haven't figured out is how they
    made a Half-Speed Mastered vinyl LP out of a *digitally* mastered
    album:  Donald Fagen's The Nightfly?  Whatever analog tape they
    used wasn't, strictly speaking, "the original, two-track master
    recording"....
     

    Great,
    
	now we are getting somewhere. So now that I know that there are
    some people out there who actually have this CD, what can I use to
    identify it when I walk into the store to order it. In other words,
    what is a catalogue number?
    
    
		    Thanks, from someone who can't wait to get to
			the centre.
    

    Journey... is available for those who travel to the Great White
    North. Mush your way by dogsled or on snowshoes to Sam's on
    Yongue St. in Toronto. Or try Fantasmigoria on St. Catherine St.
    in Montreal. $18.99 in Cdn funds.
    
    Dave Hooper
    

Hmmm.  At today's exchange rate, that's $14.13 U.S.

If those are typical prices, and not sale prices, and includes all taxes, a trip
to the Great White North to do CD shopping may be worthwhile.

/john

    re:14
    Don't forget to add in duty!  I'm not sure what the duty rate is,
    but can get expensive quick.
    
    Don

If I stay overnight and bring in $400 or less per person, there is no duty.

/john

    
    re .15,.16
    
    I used to live in Detroit and would often spend an afternoon shopping
    in Windsor.  When returning I would always tell customs what I had
    purchased; they never charged any duty.  (It was never over $200...)

    R

    Back to the subject I believe,
    
    
	BUT what about a number so that I can order the CD!
    
				Barry

    Loves knowing how cheap it is, but still can't order it
    

    
    Well, even though I have no interest in this artist and album, here
    is some relevant information about the album:
    
    MFSL catalog number:  MFCD848
    
    Can be ordered from: Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
    			 1260 Holm Road
    			 Petaluma, CA 94952
    
    			 Tel: (707) 778-0134

        Now that you have your number, back to the digression.
        
        If you go into Ontario you will get charged sales tax, but if
        you purchase CDs (or other non-expendables) and take them out of
        the country you can get a refund.  I believe this is an attempt
        to encourage tourism.  When I was in Toronto I purchased a
        variety of books and CDs and sent the receipts and the form to
        the correct government office and they replied with a check in
        American dollars.  Not quite as convenient as New Hampshire, but
        if you are there and the price is right...
        
        					B.J. 

    Thanks alot Peter,
    
	this should be able to get me somewhere.
    
			Barry
    
    
    PS.	    By all means let the digression continue!